Thursday, October 10, 2013

Rs.400 Cr Water Supply Projects up for tendering in Baneta and Bikaner; L&T and SPML win projects in Water Space, IUKAN 2014 - October 2013

This is a newsletter sent to mailing list of pManifold, sharing Water Distribution Industry opportunities and updates.

Some of the recent updates in the Water Distribution space are shared below. We hope you'll find the content informative and useful.

New Water Project Highlights in Sep-2013
  • L&T Construction has won orders in water segment worth Rs 1,141 Cr. more... 
  • SPML Infra bagged order worth Rs.772.20 Cr. more... 
  • Shriram EPC(SEPC) has won orders worth Rs. 389 Cr. from Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan municipal corporation more... 
  • Bids invited for Baneta Water supply scheme - estimated contract value of Rs.75 Cr. more...
  • Bids invited for Bikaner Water supply project - estimated contract value of Rs.298 Cr. more...
Top News Highlights of Sep-2013
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to provide $400 Million (Approx Rs.2488.2 Cr.) loan to improve the water and sanitation system in Kolkata more...
  • Asian Development Bank has recently sanctioned 130 Cr. To improve water distribution systems in Agartala more... 
  • Now “Water ATM machines” to bring reforms in life of peoples in India more...
Articles of Sep-2013
  • Why urbanization is a problem all over Asia? more... 
  • Poor water supply system becoming a massacre for Delhi’s poor people more... 
  • Goa to achieve self sufficiency by 2015 more...
  Upcoming Water Events
Case Studies
  • If you are prospecting to enter in Water Utilities as Operator or Service Provider or Vendor - learn some best practices through case studies from pManifold (Water Utility Case Studies)
If you would like to know more about us, please contact at mohammad.sufiyan@pmanifold.com

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

pManifold India Water Utility Updates - September 2013

This is a newsletter sent to mailing list of pManifold sharing Water Distribution Industry opportunities and updates.

pManifold takes this opportunity to bring you a refined collection of news, deals, events and reforms in the Indian Water Utility space.

Top News Highlights
  • SPML Infra Ltd has won new orders worth Rs. 1,802.10 crore projects. Out of which 802.10 Cr. were received from PHED for water supply schemes in 3 districts. 
  • Pratibha Industries has bagged a water supply project worth Rs. 205 Cr. from the Public Health Engineering Department, Jaipur.
  • Ahmedabad 24x7 water supply project costs expected to be around 2600 Cr. for 14 lakh connections in the city. 
  • Aurangabad water project likely to start soon - Civic Chief
  • Pimpri-Chinchwad 24x7 water supply plan gains momentum. Two more suburbs likey to have 24x7 water supply within two months. 
  • Vishakhapatnam's 30,000 households to get 24-hour water supply from July 2014. 
  • Cuttack 24x7 water supply project worth Rs. 325 Cr. to start soon. 
  • Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to do surprise checks to detect water thefts. 
  • Piramal Water uses Water ATM’s to deliver safe drinking water to villages at the cost of 30 paise per litre. 
  • Belgaum experts claims 24x7 water supply is unaffordable for the poor citizen. 
  • Reforming Energy subsidies could curb India’s water stress. 
  • The Saga of 24x7 water supply. 
Upcoming Water Events
Case Studies
  • If you are prospecting to enter in Water Utilities as Operator or Service Provider or Vendor - learn some best practices through case studies from pManifold (Water Utility Case Studies).
If you would like to know more about us, please contact at mohammad.sufiyan@pmanifold,com

Jharkhand's DF on-hold, PESU bids again extended, MoP New Initiatives, IUKAN 2014 - Oct, 2013 Newsletter

This is a newsletter sent to mailing list of pManifold sharing Power Distribution Franchisee industry opportunities and updates.

Some of the recent updates in the Power Distribution Franchisee space are shared below. Hope, you will find it useful.

Existing Opportunities
Roll Outs & Updates
  • Bids for consultancy assistance to implement Distribution Franchisee in Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (JVVNL) has been submitted by four companies (Crisil, PwC, IL&FS and Feedback). Financial bid opening is still due. (Read here)
  • Jharkhand's Ranchi and Jamshedpur Input based Distribution Franchisee is put 'On-hold', as State Power Minister is planning to conduct an audit to evaluate the feasibility of the model. (Read here)
New Initiatives
  • Ministry of Power (MoP) proposes to bring Management Responsibility for State owned DISCOMs through proposed new bill by state governments to ensure financial and operational turnaround and long term sustainability of electricity distribution. (Read here
  • MoP has recently released 'Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India' with an overarching policy objective of Access, Availability and Affordability of Power for All. (Read here)
  • MoP has set up a group that is working on ways to implement the plan which will require a separation of the distribution and the retail supply business, with separate licences for each. (Read here)
Share your vote
  • Should centre mandatorily extend R-APDRP funding to all Franchisee towns to enable better franchisee operationalization and also viability? (Vote here)
Indian Utility Knowledge and Networking (IUKAN) 2014
  • pManifold team is glad to bring 2nd Annual IUKAN 2014 Conference, on 12-13th Feb 2014 at New Delhi. IUKAN 2014 theme is 'Complementing Reforms Bottom-up: Through Improved Operationalization and Engaged Local Ecosystem. (See draft Conference Agenda)
  • One of the distinction of IUKAN 2014 is first of its kind Best Utility Awards to recognize operational best practices and innovations across multiple processes. 
  • On 1st day, we shall be hosting 2-4 parallel workshops, interested Service Providers can connect to us for more details.
pManifold's Utility Practice can be viewed hereIf you would like to know more about us, please contact at kunjan.bagdia@pmanifold.com.

Posted by: Kunjan Bagdia @ pManifold